Mine detail: Montana Mountains Hectorite Deposit

Previously called 'Mcdermitt CalderaKings RiverUravada'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.7621, -118.10905

Resource(N)

Primary: Clay
Tertiary: Zeolites
Ore: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Analcime, Chalcedony
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1979

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:Within Mcdermitt Caldera Margin
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal

References

MRDSI000465
DEP10096953
Reference{Deposit:: LOWE, N.T., RANEY, R.G., AND NORBERG, J.R., 1985, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9035, 202 P.}{Deposit:: ODOM, I.E., 1992, HECTORITE DEPOSITS IN THE MCDERMITT CALDERA OF NEVADA: LITTLETON, COLORADO, SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT 92-155, 12 P.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.